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    M5550 R3 , M5790 motherboard

    Discussion in 'Alienware Area-51/Aurora and Legacy Systems' started by jery, Feb 9, 2013.

  1. jery

    jery Newbie

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    Hello, sorry for my english, I'm from Czech.
    Can anyone help me? I have Fujitsu Siemens Xi1546 (is the same as alienware m5790) and it was spill by juice. I get brand new motherboard to m5550 r3i with number 37GP53000-C0, this is identical motherboard for both m5550 R3i and M5790 (Xi1546). Difference is only in - m5550 have not second sata port for HDD and keyboard is without num pad. I have installed motherboard in Xi1546, uploaded BIOS 1.19 for m5790 and everything is working. Notebook is booted to windows Xp, dvd, sound, graphic etc.. is working. BUT keyboard have mismashed symbols, when I have pressed 3 its written 6, backspace is enter, f12 is backspace, w is 3 etc.. How can I say to motherboard that is connected keyboard with num pad? Something like rewritte Keyboard controller BIOS? Or what is wrong? Will help keyboard from m5790? But when is another Xi1546 is working with bios from m5790, that must be keyboard same for both models.
    Please can someone HELP ME ?
     
    jery, Feb 9, 2013
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  2. protivakid

    protivakid Notebook Evangelist

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    Out of curiosity, have you tried a live linux cd (linux mint) or something to see if the keyboard is still messed up in another OS? Also did you re-install windows after the mobo swap? Try the live cd and let us know if there is any difference.
     
    protivakid, Feb 11, 2013
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